Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia and kernel support

["Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Thursday 15 June 2006 04:55, Sean wrote:
> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 June 2006 04:24, Sean wrote:
> >> Trying to setup my system to support my nvidia vid card.
> >>
> >> Per instructions I am supposed to enable agpgart in the kernel, which is
> >> under device drivers--->
> >> 	character devices--->
> >> 	--- /dev/agpgart (agp support)
> >>
> >> As you can see above my system does not allow anything to be done for
> >> /dev/agpgart, it just has three lines before it.
> >> How do I enable this in the kernel towards getting my nvidia card
> >> working?
> >>
> >> Please note: if it makes a difference I am running amd64.
> >
> > you don't set anything else on amd64.
> >
> > Just agp support.
> >
> > That is enough.
> >
> > Rebuild, configure X properly, emerge nvidia-kernel, eselect opengl set
> > nvidia, start X.
>
> Is this "Just agp support" something else other then what the handbook
> instructions state about /dev/agpgart (agp support)?
> As mentioned above that option is not available to me.
>

link?

and: if you have enabled iommu support, agpsupport is built in the kernel. 
Because both are the same for AMD64.

There is nio good reason to build agpsupport as modul on amd64, so it is ok to 
build it in. Just make a kernel, install the kernel and install nvidia-kernel 
and nvidia-glx.
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